Drink-dispensing urn.



No. 670,22l. Patentod mar. I9, 1901. R. H. GABELL.

DRINK DISPENSING URN.

(Application filed Decv 14, 1900.) (No Modal.)

UNTTED STATES PATENT OEErcE.

ROBERT I'I. CABELL, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO ARMOUR & COMPANY,OF ILLINOIS.

DRINK-DISPENSING URN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 670,221, dated March19, 19 01.

Application filed December 14,1900. Serial No. 89,831. (No model.)

To ttZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ROBERT H. OABELL, of Chicago, county of Cook, andState of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inDrink-Dispensing Urns, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to urns or fountains for dispensing drinks, andrelates more particularly to that class of urnscontaining a suitablewater-reservoir and in connection therewith an additional reservoirdesigned to contain a fluid extractsuch, for instance, as an extractofbeef-ina highly-concentrated form from which the water and the extractare drawn off and mixed in suitable or desired proportions. I-Ieretoforein devices of this character, so far as I am aware, it has beencustomary to locate the receptacle containing the fluid extract withinthe larger tank or receptacle containing the water and to draw off thecontents of each through separate discharge-pipes separately controlledor through a single faucet having a suitable two-way cock connected withthe separate discharge-pipes. Where hot drinks are served from devicesof this sort, as is most frequently the case, the above-describedrelative arrangement of water-tank and extract-receptacle, the latterwithin and inclosed by the former, has been found to present a seriousobjection, for the reason that thereby the extract necessarily partakesof the heat of the surrounding or adjacent body of water and as a resultthereof will not keep long or remain as well preserved as where it isnot subjected to a heat above the ordinary temperature of the atmospherein the room where the urn is located.

The object of my invention, therefore, has been to so locate the extractholder or receptacle relatively to the hot-water tankas that it shall beleast subjected to the latter and yet occupy a convenient and accessibleposition, its discharge-pipe being connected to the discharge pipe orfaucet of the hot-water tank through a suitable two-way cock, so thatwater and extract may be separately drawn off in any suitable or desiredproportions.

My invention in its preferred form is illustrated in the accompanyingdrawing, which is a side elevation showing the relative location of thewater and extract reservoirs and the preferred manner of connectingtheir discharge-pipes to a common nozzle or faucet.

In the drawing, A represents a water tank or reservoir, preferably ofplain cylindric form, having suitable outwardly-flanged top and bottomplates 13 and C, respectively, and supported upon suit-able legs D.

E is a short discharge pipe or faucet tapping the tank A near its lowerend, as shown.

The water contained in the tank A may be heated by means of analcohol-flame or any other suitable heating device conveniently locatedtherebeneath.

At F is showna reservoir or receptacle for containing the condensedextract or other fluid designed to be served from the urn. Thisreceptacle, which in the form shown is substantially of inverted-pearshape, is located exterior to the water-tank and preferably directlyabove and in central alinement therewith. The said receptacle F may beprovided with a suitable lid or closure G at its upper end, while itslower contracted neck is screwed into or otherwise secured to the coveror top plate B of the water-tank. Into the lower end of this contractedneck of the extract-receptacle F is screwed or otherwise secured theupper end of a discharge-pipe H, which below the cover B is extendedhorizontally and radially through the tank A, and at its outer endconnects with the upper end of a vertical pipe I, located outside of thewater-tank and at its lower end leading into the discharge pipe orfaucet E. At the intersection of said last-named pipes is placed anordinary two-way cock K, by turning which waterand extract may be drawnoff separately in the quantities and proportions desired from the tank Aand receptacle F.

By locating the extract-receptacle F above I the hot-water tank A, asshown, and connecting it with the faucet E by the pipes H and I theextract is placed outside the heating influence of the hot water and atthe same time it is advantageously located to facilitate the flow of theextract by gravity to the dischargefaucet E. By passing that part of theextract-discharge pipe marked H through the upper end of the hot-watertank the extract on its way to the discharge-cock is heated sufficientlyto promote its ready flow, as is sometimes found desirable Where theextract has become somewhat thickened and viscous, Without at the sametime heating the main body of extract in the receptacle F, and there byinjuring or impairing its keeping qualities.

The several parts of my improved urn may be nickled or otherwisepolished and ornamented, as desired, and when assembled in the forms andrelation shown present an urn that is at once useful, convenient, andpleasing to the eye.

I claim 1. In an urn of the character specified, the combination withthe water-tank provided with a suitable discharge pipe or nozzle, of anextract-receptacle having a contracted neck, located directly above saidWater-tank and having its contracted neck portion screwed or otherwisesecured into the top or cover of the Water-tan k, a discharge-pipeleading from the contracted neck of the extract-receptacle to thedischarge-pipe of the water-tank, said extract-discharge pipe beingpartly within and partly without said water-tank, and a two-way cocklocated at the union of the discharge-pipes, substantially as described.

2. In an urn of the character specified, the combination with thehot-Water tank provided with a suitable discharge pipe or nozzle, of anextract-receptacle having a contracted neck supported centrally aboveand upon said tank and secured by its contracted neck on or into the topor cover of the hot-Water tank, a discharge-pipe connected with the neckof said receptacle and extending horizontally through the top portion ofthe tank to the outside thereof, and continuing vertically therefrom tothe discharge-pipe of the Water-tan k, and a two-way cock located at theunion of said discharge-pipes, substantially as described.

ROBERT IEI. UABELL.

\Vitnesses:

SAMUEL N. Pom), ADA H. BARNES.

